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All Saints Cathedral, Calabozo

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Location
  
Calabozo

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic Church

Country
  
Venezuela

All Saints Cathedral, Calabozo

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The All Saints Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de Todos Los Santos de Calabozo) or Metropolitan Cathedral of Calabozo is a baroque cathedral located in Calabozo, Guárico State, Venezuela. It is a beautiful example of what the Baroque cathedrals in Venezuela, which has had several transformations through time.

The Cathedral was born the day of the founding of Calabozo, on 1 February, 1724, as regards Lucas Guillermo Castillo Lara in his book on the village of All Saints of Calabozo (Villa de Todos los Santos de Calabozo): "Father Cadiz blessed in God's name to land that received them and the men who peopled". All proclaimed one will be founded on behalf of the Royal Majesty; after Friar accompanied by the villagers planted a simple cross to secure the site of the future church, traced to string the rectangle of the square, he outlined the four first streets and distributed the twelve first solar until April 1729 when, during the visit of Bishop Juan José Calatayud, as such was built between 1754 and 1790 to slow its construction. The construction of the Second parish church begins, but in the twentieth century when the dome was built with the clock currently is icon of the city, and one of the most important of the Venezuelan state.

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All Saints Cathedral, Calabozo Wikipedia